Total pages in book: 73
Estimated words: 69025 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 345(@200wpm)___ 276(@250wpm)___ 230(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 69025 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 345(@200wpm)___ 276(@250wpm)___ 230(@300wpm)
New to the police force, his partner invited him to dinner at his house. He didn’t expect to fall head over heels in love. Brandi was waiting for them at the door with a huge white smile lighting up her entire face and encompassing him in the magic created by her very presence. She was a pocket Venus: gorgeous and tiny but curvaceous in all the right places. She had the darkest, smoothest skin he had ever seen, and more than anything he’d wanted to touch it.
The fates had dealt him an awful hand. For seven agonizing years, he had watched as she gave all of her special smiles and kisses to Damon, and he’d had to pretend that it didn’t bother him. Rodney endured the pain of watching her belly grow large with his partner’s children, children who should have been his. Instead, he’d played the doting godfather to the two brats.
As his love grew for Brandi, his hatred for Damon gained even more strength. Images of Damon holding, kissing, and fucking her gnawed at his insides until he could barely think straight. Brandi belonged to him! He knew her husband couldn’t possibly love her as much as he did. The final straw came the night Damon had the nerve to brag about the family vacation they were going on. Unable to take any more, Rodney did what he should have done from the start: he got rid of the obstacle standing in his way.
Now, holding her in his arms, her body so warm against his, he didn’t regret what he’d done to possess her. He would do it again, if only to see the shocked look on that bastard’s face when he’d pulled the trigger. Rodney only wished that he’d done it sooner so the children she bore would have been his. Better yet, had he claimed her in the beginning as he should have, there would have been no children.
He wanted her all to himself. As it stood, the little brats were monopolizing way too much of her time, but that was okay for now. He would pretend to care if that kept her happy, but when she was his wife, there would be changes. No one stood in the way of what he wanted. People learned that the hard way, some a little too late, just like Jeffrey. That was in the past though. Brandi was his future.
Brandi turned around in his arms and smiled up at him. “Thank you for the compliment, kind sir. You look pretty good yourself.”
His heart skipped a beat when she smiled at him like that. “What are you doing out here on the balcony and looking so pensive?”
She had the expression of a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar before turning her head away. His eyes narrowed. He didn’t like it when she got that far away look in her eyes, because it usually meant she was thinking about him.
“You can tell me anything, Brandi. You know that don’t you?” He lifted her chin with his fingers, and his gaze bore into hers.
“It’s just…I wonder if Damon’s watching us from heaven. I can’t help but feel his presence somehow.” She shivered.
“Of course, he’s looking down on us, and I believe he’s happy. Damon didn’t have a selfish bone in his body. He would never begrudge us our happiness. Before he died, he told me to look out for you and the children. I kind of suspect he wanted us to be together.”
“Do you really think so?”
“Knowing the kind of person he was, do you really need to ask?”
She paused for a moment, face uncertain. “I guess not. You have been wonderful to me and the kids.”
Rodney leaned down to kiss her full lips. Although she wrapped her arms around his neck to return his kiss, he could sense that she was holding back. He lifted his head. “Is everything okay?”
She sighed. “Yes, of course. I guess I needed some air. Could you do me a favor?”
“Anything for you, baby.”
“Would you mind very much if I have a few minutes alone?”
Unable to help himself, his grip tightened on her shoulders. “Why? This is our engagement party, and you’re standing out here like a recluse. People are asking where you are. You should be in there by my side.” Why did it always seem as though she was trying to find excuses to be away from him? This was supposed to be their night.
“Rodney, your fingers are digging into my skin. Let go.” She frowned at him, backing away when he released her. She rubbed her shoulders. “I have been by your side all night. I just need a moment alone, and I don’t really think it’s too much to ask considering you sprang this party on me at the last minute.”